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Original Antique Die Cut and Embossed Victorian Scrap.  Features a young boy and girl, riding in an antique baby buggy or stroller. 

Fairly large scrap measuring about 4 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/4 inches long.

Condition is very good with some light wear around the edges.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Vintage original Cross Sterilized Tacks, Sharp as a Needle Advertising Ink Blotter. This 1950s office ephemera includes a calendar for the months of May, June, and July 1951.

Distributed by:

• Wm. Volker & Co.
• Main & Third Sts.
• Kansas City 10, MO.

Blotter measures 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches and is unused.

Condition is very good with with some edge and corner wear.

Original antique advertising trade card for J & P Coats Spool Cotton.  This is one of the Military Uniform series cards.

This card shows the uniform of the Army of the United States, 1833 - 1850. 

Marked in the bottom front lower right corner: Copyright 1895, by Brig. Gen'l S. B. Holabird, QR Master Gen'l U.S.A.

Back is marked at the bottom center: G. H. Buek Co. Lith. N.Y.

Card measures 4 3/16 inches wide x 4 13/16 inches tall.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Condition is very good with light wear to the edges and corners. There is light crease to the upper right corner and a horizontal crease about a third of a way down on the left edge.

Price reflects condition.

Original Antique Die Cut and Embossed Victorian Scrap.  Features a large leaf with pink flowers around the edges. 

Scrap measures about 5 1/4 inches wide x 4 3/8 inches long.

Condition is good with some wear around the edges, including a few tips broken off.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Money School. Vintage 1963 Educational Pop Up Coin Saver or Counter Folder.

Folder is made of a stiff heavy card stock that is 1/8 of an inch thick.  Opens to a pop up featuring a wise owl, as the teacher, chipmunk, squirrel and rabbit.  The rabbit is holding a nickel, the chipmunk a dime, and the squirrel is holding a quarter.

Top section has slots for fifty cent pieces, nickels, dimes, pennies, and quarters.  With each row showing as an addition, multiplication or division problem.

Lower section has columns of addition problems and subtraction problems.  With a grand total of $10.36 shown in the bottom right corner.

Back is marked:

• Copyright 1963
• M. A. Gerett
• Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Covers show some wear and small scuff and scratches.  Silver dollar slot also has a small tear along the right edge.  Nice bright colors.

Blue item in some of the pictures is just an item I used to hold the folder open for the photos.

A fun back to school teaching collectible!

Vintage Original Report on 4-H Club Activities in the Republic of Korea.  July 1959.  Institute of Agriculture. Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry Suwon, Korea.

Soft cover book measuring  7 3/8 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches long.  Staple binding.

Contents include:

• Development of 4-H Club movement in Korea
• Organization
• Accomplishments
• Project activities
• 4-H Club meeting & other activities

Many black & white photos throughout.

Condition is good with wear and soiling to the cover and a crease to the lower right edge of the front cover.  Blue ink notation on page 2.

Vintage Original Sing Sociability Songs for Camps, Homes, Communities and Schools. By the Rodeheaver Hall Mack Company of Winona Lake, Indiana.  Printed in U.S.A.  Copyright 1928 by Homer A. Rodeheaver.

Soft cover book measuring  5 7/8 inches wide x 8 3/4 inches long, with 127 pages.  Staple binding.

A sampling of songs include:

• Oh! Susanna
• America, The Beautiful
• Flag of The Free
• Annie Laurie
• Hallow E'en
• Dear Old Pals
• The Old Rugged Cross
• I Need Jesus
• Soldiers' Chorus
• It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
• We Three Kings of Orient Are

The back cover is an index to the songs.

Condition is used with wear and soiling to the cover and a few of the interior pages. Front cover also has a small tear the bottom left of the Statue of Liberty.  There are also some foil stars adhered to some of the pages.

Vintage American Steel & Wire Company pocket notebook. American Field & Hog Fence.  The Fence that Fences and Once Up Stays Up.

Small softcover notebook measuring a little over 2 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/8 inches long with 24 pages.

Pages 1 - 8 show the various types of fencing.

Pages 9 - 22 are lined, with space for notes

Pages 23 - 24 talks about posts, and how to get American Fence products

Inside back cover is a partial 1904, and full 1905 calendar.

Very good unused condition.  No missing pages, no tears or marks.

This is an original men's fashion illustration from M. Born & Company, Fall & Winter 1924 - 25 catalog.  From "The Oldest and Largest Wholesale Tailors in the World.". 

Heavy card stock weight paper.

Page measures about 12 1/4 inches wide  x 15 3/4 inches tall.

Back of page has glue residue from where fabric samples were removed.

Page has foxing around the borders and on the image.  Edges of border were not cut evenly when removed from the catalog.

This fashion illustration would look wonderful framed!

Vintage original death notice funeral card for Mrs. Margaret V. McMahon of Hanover, Kansas.

Includes: Date of birth and death.  Age at time of death. Place of birth.  Location of funeral and burial location.

Card measures  3 3/8 inches wide x 5 3/8 inches tall.

Condition is good with overall light soiling.

Vintage circa 1940 Monaco Theatre Restaurant Menu.

Restaurant was located at 560 Pacific Ave., San Francisco, California.

Tri fold menu measuring 4 5/8 inches wide x 10 inches long, when folded.

Condition is good with some wear and light soling.

Both front and back are shown in the attached photos.

Vintage original death notice funeral card for Mrs. George Mormon of Washington, Kansas.

Includes: Age at time of death. Place of death.  Location of funeral and burial location.

Card measures  5 3/8 inches wide x 3 1/2 inches tall.

Condition is good with some light soiling.

15 cards available at time of listing.  Shown is the one with the most soiling.  All others have less soiling.

Vintage original 1940s embroidered card featuring a red, white, and blue USA flag and green shamrocks. Blue striped surround with a gold colored border. A 1944 calendar is attached at the bottom.  Gold colored ribbon at the top so it can be hung on a wall.

Reads: From Ireland. To My Dear Sister

Card portion is a cardstock weight and measures 4.75 inches wide x a little over 6.5 inches tall.

Calendar portion measures about 2.75 inches wide x 2 inches tall.  Complete with all months January - December of 1944.

Condition is good with soiling, wear, and a crease through the cover of the calendar.  Card portion is somewhat curved along the edges (does not lay completely flat).  And you can see residue on the back where it was once glued to a larger item.

Vintage original The New England Calendar for Engagements, 1946 Week by Week, by Samuel Chamberlain.

This calendar is in book form with plastic comb binding.  Comes in original box. 

Book measures 6 5/8 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches tall.

Left side of each 2 page spread has a weeks worth of days, on which to write notes.  Right side of the page shows a New England view.

Book is unused.

Condition is very good with previous owners name written inside front cover.  And there is a small tear at the bottom of the front page, near the spine.

Box also shows wear.

Nice piece of New England memorabilia!

Vintage original 1950 Exclusive Stratosphere Tiz-Trim'd Wallpaper Sales Book.

Copyright CP & V Co. 1950.

Paper patterns include: Tropical, Baroque Stripe, Shadow Plaid, April, Modern Stripe, July, May, Blossomtime, March, February, Wild Ivy, Old Virginia, Garden Wall, December, November, Cardinal, August, New England, Morning Glory, Flower Trellis, September, Swans, Hydrangea, Colonial Stripe, June, October, Baroque, and January.

Not all pages are shown in the photos.

Softcover book measuring 8 3/8" wide x 7 1/4" long with 32 pages.  Stapled spine.

These are not actual wallpaper samples, rather pages are printed on both sides.

Condition is good with wear, paper loss, and soiling around the cover edges and some wear and light soiling to the interior pages.

Some beautiful patterns in this book.

Vintage original Goodyear Super Torque tire advertising paper record.  To play record tear off along dotted line and play at 33 1/3 RPM.

Back lists distributor as E. C. Trindel, Phone 50, Fairbury Nebraska.

Condition is very good with wear and a bend at the upper and lower right corners.  This does not affect the playable part of the record.

Great gift for the  Goodyear advertising or Fairbury collector.

Vintage original 1950s Sylvania Flash Guide Dial Wheel.  Dial the center circular black wheel to select Lamp to Subject Distance in feet and the other side of the wheel will show Flash Guide Numbers.

Using the table on the back you are to find guide number for film and shutter speed you are using.

Set arrow on dial opposite this number.  The correct lens opening will now be opposite the distance from your flash to your subject.

Printed on a heavy card stock, wheel measures about 5 inches in diameter with the center wheel measuring a little over 3.5 inches.

Condition is very good with some wear and light blue smudges along outer wheel and on the back.  Also a small crease near the center of the black wheel.

Vintage 1953 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

Softcover book measuring about 6” wide x 8 3/4” long, with 36 pages.

Lots of local advertising.

List of land owners.

Small tear near the upper left corner of the front cover. Also some some soiling to the covers.

Nice used condition.

Great piece of Nebraska history.

Vintage 1955 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

Softcover book measuring about 6” wide x 8 3/4” long, with 40 pages.

Knox county towns include: Bloomfield, Verdigre, Center, Niobrara, Creighton, Wausa, Crofton, Winnetoon, Santee, Verdel, Bazile Mills and Lindy.

Lots of local advertising.

Good used condition with some soiling and wear. 

Good used condition.

Nice piece of Nebraska history.